Road Crime
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- Stone Arch Bridge
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This discussion happened about a month ago on twitter and IRL.
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I'm in unmitigated agreement with yourself that the linguistic construction 'crash' has two few syllables to be considered appropriate for serious writing."Car crash" looks absurd in formal writing.
"Who rescued whom!"
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So we're agreed, it will be called "car boom boom" from now on?
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I believe the term 'car-go-boom-boom' is used most often in academic literature.
EDIT: Oh wait, no, I just checked lexus nexus and it turns out the troglodytes in the academy actually use 'crash.'
EDIT: Oh wait, no, I just checked lexus nexus and it turns out the troglodytes in the academy actually use 'crash.'
"Who rescued whom!"
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crash, collide, bump, impact, sideswipe, t-bone, flip, wreck, smack, pileup, crackup, smashup, ...
Mike Hicks
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"Collision" seems suitably hoity.
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When it comes serious matters like this, I always consult with Gary.
EDIT: (Looks like lil Fido does too.)
EDIT: (Looks like lil Fido does too.)
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Those billboards are a pox on my neighborhood.
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Police: 15-year-old boy dies after man deliberately runs into him at Kansas City Somali center
http://www.startribune.com/nation/284853411.html
http://www.startribune.com/nation/284853411.html
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Any updates on the driver who plowed through the protesters? Haven't heard a thing.
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I dont think anything will happen to that guy, sadly. If they were going to arrest him they would have done it when he was stopped 2 blocks away talking to the cops
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Maybe not a full crime, but there is an insane amount of uninsured driving going on.
http://www.startribune.com/politics/sta ... 72331.html
http://www.startribune.com/politics/sta ... 72331.html
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Came across this tweet, hadn't seen it in the news.
https://twitter.com/mnappeals/status/547491698767826944
"8th Circuit says MN vehicle #forfeiture laws based on #drunk driving do not violate #constitution. @maddonline"
Anyone have Google-fu to find the exact law and the ruling about this law?
https://twitter.com/mnappeals/status/547491698767826944
"8th Circuit says MN vehicle #forfeiture laws based on #drunk driving do not violate #constitution. @maddonline"
Anyone have Google-fu to find the exact law and the ruling about this law?
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I believe this is the relevant statute: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=169A.63
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This is unconscionable. Especially considering the guy had prior DUIs.I dont think anything will happen to that guy, sadly. If they were going to arrest him they would have done it when he was stopped 2 blocks away talking to the cops
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Charges "weighed" against guy who ran over a woman on Lake Street.
http://www.startribune.com/local/minnea ... 54471.html
I'd suggest we all write impact statements to the county attorney, noting how it would make us feel if we were to know that motorists could intentionally run into and injure non-motorists free from repercussion.
http://www.startribune.com/local/minnea ... 54471.html
I'd suggest we all write impact statements to the county attorney, noting how it would make us feel if we were to know that motorists could intentionally run into and injure non-motorists free from repercussion.
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While I'm certainly not supporting hitting people with cars, I have to say that the photos from the Strib do make the victims appear somewhat less sympathetic.
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Well, it looks like they deliberately tried to get hit for the benefit of the crowding media. By all accounts, the car was moving very slowly.
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It doesn't matter. When you have a sea of people in front of you, *you don't move forward!* The driver could have turned around like everyone else. He chose to move forward to make a statement.
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